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| - Rober Matej (Josafat) Šiškov (Plovdiv, 9 febbraio 1884 – Sofia, 11 novembre 1952) è stato un presbitero bulgaro, della congregazione degli Agostiniani dell'Assunzione. È venerato come beato e martire dalla Chiesa cattolica. (it)
- Robert-Matthew Chichkov (9 February 1884 – 11 November 1952) in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, was a priest, rector and teacher who was sentenced to death in the early 1950s. He came from a large and fervent Latin rite Catholic family. He entered the Assumptionist high school seminary in Adrianopolis and entered the Assumptionist novitiate in Phanaraki, Turkey in 1900. His name in religion was Josaphat. He was ordained a priest in the Latin rite in Malines, Belgium, in 1909 after studying philosophy and theology at Louvain University. (en)
- Jozafat Sziszkow, bułg. Йосафат Шишков (ur. 9 lutego 1884 w Płowdiwie, zm. 11 listopada 1952 w Sofii) – bułgarski asumpcjonista (AA) i duchowny, męczennik chrześcijański, błogosławiony Kościoła rzymskokatolickiego. Zostali razem beatyfikowani przez papieża Jana Pawła II w dniu 26 maja 2002 roku. (pl)
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| - Robert-Matthew Chichkov (9 February 1884 – 11 November 1952) in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, was a priest, rector and teacher who was sentenced to death in the early 1950s. He came from a large and fervent Latin rite Catholic family. He entered the Assumptionist high school seminary in Adrianopolis and entered the Assumptionist novitiate in Phanaraki, Turkey in 1900. His name in religion was Josaphat. He was ordained a priest in the Latin rite in Malines, Belgium, in 1909 after studying philosophy and theology at Louvain University. Once back in Bulgaria, he taught at St. Augustine College in Plovdiv and at St. Michael College in Varna. Later he moved to Yambol where he served as superior and rector of the high school seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius, as pastor of the local Latin rite parish, and as chaplain to the Oblate Sisters of the Assumption. In 1937 he returned to the college in Varna where he served as rector and teacher until he was arrested in 1951. He was responsible for enlarging the Yambol seminary to include seminarians of both rites, Latin and Byzantine-Slav, and found ways to integrate students into one community. He organized fundraising activities for the institution and taught French to teachers, civil servants, and Bulgarian army officers. He had a particular interest in the latest technology and introduced a ham radio and movie projector at the seminary. Josaphat Chichkov was arrested in December 1951. After what international organizations universally considered a show trial which began on 29 September 1952 and ended with a guilty verdict and a death sentence on 3 October, Fr. Chickov, two of his Assumptionists companions, Fr. Kamen Vitchev and Fr. Pavel Djidjov, and a Passionist bishop, Most Rev. Eugene Bossilkov, were shot to death, without public notice, at 11:30 PM the evening of 11 November 1952. Fr. Chichkov was declared a martyr for the faith and beatified by Pope John Paul II in Plovdiv on 26 May 2002. On 28 July 2010 the Bulgarian parliament passed a law officially rehabilitating all of those who had been condemned by the People's Republic of Bulgaria in 1952, including Fr. Chichkov. (en)
- Rober Matej (Josafat) Šiškov (Plovdiv, 9 febbraio 1884 – Sofia, 11 novembre 1952) è stato un presbitero bulgaro, della congregazione degli Agostiniani dell'Assunzione. È venerato come beato e martire dalla Chiesa cattolica. (it)
- Jozafat Sziszkow, bułg. Йосафат Шишков (ur. 9 lutego 1884 w Płowdiwie, zm. 11 listopada 1952 w Sofii) – bułgarski asumpcjonista (AA) i duchowny, męczennik chrześcijański, błogosławiony Kościoła rzymskokatolickiego. Pochodził z licznej rodziny. Na chrzcie otrzymał imiona Robert Matej. Mając 16 lat wstąpił do zgromadzenia asumpcjonistów (Zakon Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny, Augustianie od Wniebowzięcia, oparty na regule św. Augustyna) przyjmując imię Jozafat. W 1901 był nauczycielem potem w 1904 roku został wysłany do Belgii, gdzie kontynuował studia filozofii i teologii. W dniu 11 lipca 1909 roku otrzymał święcenia kapłańskie. W latach 1914-1919 uczył w Kolegium Świętego Augustyna, a następnie w Wyższej szkole w Warnie. W lipcu 1929 został mianowany dyrektorem seminarium. Został aresztowany w grudniu 1951 roku proces odbył się w dniach 29 września do 3 października 1952 roku skazano go na karę śmierci. W dniu 11 listopada 1952 roku został zastrzelony w Sofii. Razem z nim śmierć męczeńską poniósł Kamen Wiczew, Paweł Dżidżow, następnie jego ciało wrzucono do masowego grobu na cmentarzu w Sofii. Zostali razem beatyfikowani przez papieża Jana Pawła II w dniu 26 maja 2002 roku. (pl)
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